Guwahati, April 19 -- The TTAADC elections 2026 concluded on an extremely crucial political note, leaving several political parties in Tripura in a tight spot-particularly the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had not witnessed such a disastrous, if not humiliating, electoral drubbing since it assumed power in 2018.

In 2021, BJP was defeated in the TTAADC, but at that time it had a convenient excuse in the form of ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), which was virtually reduced to a non-performing asset in that election.

This time, BJP decided to take up the political challenge from Tipra Motha Party (TMP) -a partner in the BJP-led ruling coalition head-on and failed to deliver results. In fact, its presence in the...